Money Jungle : : Imagining the New Times Square /

Money Jungle : : Imagining the New Times Square / / Benjamin Chesluk.

For more than a century, Times Square has mesmerized the world with the spectacle of its dazzling supersigns, its theaters, and its often-seedy nightlife. New York City's iconic crossroads has drawn crowds of revelers, thrill-seekers, and other urban denizens, not to mention lavish outpourings...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Chesluk, Benjamin,
TeilnehmendeR:
Hopp, Maggie.
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2007]
©2008
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 16
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Photographs
  • CHAPTER ONE. Brilliant Corners: The Redevelopment of Times Square
  • CHAPTER TWO. Magnificent Spectacle: Real Estate, Theater, Advertising, and the History of Times Square
  • CHAPTER THREE. The New Spaces of Times Square: Commerce, Social Control, and the Built Environment
  • CHAPTER FOUR. The Midtown Community Court: Intimacy and Power in an Experimental Courtroom
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Times Square Ink.: Redevelopment of the Self
  • CHAPTER SIX. "Visible Signs of a City Out of Control": Images of Order and Disorder in Police-Community Dialogue
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. "It Doesn't Exist, But They're Selling It": The Debates over "Air Rights"
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion: The Meanings of Times Square
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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